Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Jeff Hoffman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 114	# 250
VBR	# 350	# 460

Projections

Strikeouts	23	21
Wins	2	1
Saves	2	3
ERA	3.46	4.18
WHIP	1.20	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 205	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 118	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 121	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 61	# 185

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 236	# 289

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	31

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.0	33.0

Wins	6	3

Losses	7	3

Saves	5	2

Blown Saves	4	1

Holds	12	5

Hits Allowed	49	26

Earned Runs	21	18

Home Runs Allowed	4	7

Strikeouts	75	40

Walks	18	15

ERA	3.94	4.91

WHIP	1.40	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.6	19.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	3

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	3

Hits Allowed	15	17

Earned Runs	7	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	23	21

Walks	7	9

ERA	3.46	4.18

WHIP	1.20	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
News
	Blue Jays right-hander Jeff Hoffman earned the save on Saturday in a 5-2 win over the Pirates. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins said the team is moving to a closer by committee approach. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Jeff Hoffman will be unavailable on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman blew his third save of the season in an eventual 9-7 win over the Brewers on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Apr 15th
	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman recorded a save as part of Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR			Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Jun 21st				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Elvis Alvarado for Jeff Hoffman (2026)

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